The Remote Sensing Hydrodynamics Branch conducts basic and applied research on natural and ship/submarine induced ocean surface and subsurface phenomena relevant to the remote sensing of the ocean. This research supports the operational capabilities of the Navy in such fields as surveillance and acoustic and non-acoustic warfare and the non-military DOD goals surrounding environmental issues. The research program is carried out by the study of the physics of ocean phenomena and how it relates to the data collected by various air - and space - borne remote sensors. A combination of theoretical, numerical, and experimental efforts is employed to investigate phenoma located on, above, and below the the surface of the ocean. Additionally, research efforts are directed at the study of relevant fundamental fluid mechanics issues. Instrumentation and techniques are developed, as necessary, for field and laboratory studies. Areas of current interest include littoral dynamics (stressing bathymetric and coastal influences), ocean mesoscale/microscale interactions, wave/current interaction, surface-active films (surfactants), air/sea interaction and lower-atmosphere dynamics as it affects the ocean.
The Remote Sensing Hydrodynamics Branch is headed by Dr. Richard P. Mied.
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